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Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin born 28 November 1942) is an Irish poet and academic born in Cork.Ní Chuilleanáin is a founder of the literary magazine Cyphers. She is married with one son. Her first collection won the Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award … Continue reading →

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Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is facing calls to explain how a consultancy that worked on US President Donald Trump's election campaign gained improper access to data on 50 million Facebook users.

A woman crossing a street has died after being hit by an Uber self-driving car in Arizona, leading the ride services company to suspend its autonomous vehicle program across the United States and Canada.

Women in Saudi Arabia need not wear head cover or the black abaya - the full-length robes symbolic of Islamic piety - as long as their attire is "decent and respectful", the kingdom's crown prince has said.

Enjoy all the fruits and vegetables summer has to offer with new healthy recipes from EatingWell Magazine. Grill Hasselback Zucchini for a quick summer side, toss up some spiralized sesame noodles for a potluck party and chill out with our frosty Raspberry Prosecco Pops (for grown-ups!). With additional recipes for summer slaws, fresh tomatoes and dinner on […]

Whipping up a homemade healthy dessert recipe for a picnic or potluck has rarely been so easy. Whether you’re in the mood for a fudgy chocolate brownie, berry-studded pound cake, chewy oatmeal cookie or a fruit-filled tart, you’ll find all you need for simplifying dessert right here. Apricot-Strawberry TartBlueberry-Lemon Ricotta Pound CakeUpside-Down Cinnam […]

Incorporating more vegetarian meals into your weekly routine is a great way to boost your health. Research shows that eating more plant-based foods and less meat increases your intake of key nutrients, such as dietary fiber, and reduces the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and even some cancers. Plus, going meatless has environmental benefits. The Envi […]

Looking to eat more nutrient-rich superfoods? To get you started, we've curated recipes with foods that pack a powerful punch of health-promoting nutrients, like vitamin A in sweet potatoes, fiber in beans and lentils, vitamin E in nuts and seeds, and antioxidant flavanoids in tea—just to name a few. Superfoods don't need to be exotic or expensive […]

Lettuce makes the perfect low-calorie stand-in for traditional wraps, buns or bread in these healthy lettuce wraps. Don't limit yourself to lettuce—these wrap recipes include options for all types of greens, such as kale, cabbage or any fresh, sturdy green. Try these lettuce wraps with global inspiration for a healthy dinner or light lunch. Curried Shri […]

Green tea has research-backed health benefits beyond its taste, and now matcha green tea powder, a fine powdered Japanese tea that's dissolved in hot water, is gaining popularity for its antioxidant boost. In fact, drinking 12 ounces of green tea daily may help reduce your risk of heart disease by 26 percent, accourding to reserach in the Annals of Epid […]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Volvo's North American CEO, Lex Kerssemakers, lost his cool as the automaker's semi-autonomous prototype sporadically refused to drive itself during a press event at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump made a surprise closed-door visit to the Republican National Committee on Thursday after a tumultuous two days on the campaign trail that included a reversal of his pledge to support the party's nominee.

KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - An overpass under construction in the bustling Indian city of Kolkata collapsed on Thursday on to vehicles and street vendors below, killing at least 14 people with more than 100 people feared trapped.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Wednesday that women who end pregnancies should face punishment if the United States bans abortion, triggering a torrent of criticism from both sides of the abortion debate, including from his White House rivals.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lender GE Capital asked the U.S. government on Thursday to stop designating it as "too big to fail," saying it had shrunk to the point where it would not pose a major threat to the nation's financial stability if it experiences distress.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that a report by the al-Hayat newspaper on an agreement between Russia and the United States on the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not true.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has told China it will not recognize an exclusion zone in the South China Sea and would view such a move as "destabilizing," U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said on Wednesday.

RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - A Virginia state trooper who was engaged in a training exercise at a Richmond bus station died on Thursday after a man pulled out a gun and opened fire before being fatally shot by two police officers, police said.

PARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of workers and high-school students joined protest marches across France on Wednesday to challenge plans to loosen the country's protective labor laws that unions say favor businesses.

Thai style red curry is our go-to dish at least once a week served up with spicy peppers! Sometimes I switch it up with green curry paste. Feel free to add more vegetables if you'd like. Long beans and bamboo are my musts! -- posted by msjoycie

While Easter is a religious occasion, for most of us it's about an avalanche of sugary treats. But while chocolate rabbits and Easter eggs are the traditional go-tos, one innovative team has created a new kind of Frankenfection. Fusing Easter's traditional hot cross bun with an ice cream cone, Giapo's R&D Kitchen in Auckland has created th […]

The calendar may say it's the first day of spring, but it will seem more like the movie Groundhog Day along the East Coast on Tuesday. The fourth nor'easter in just three weeks will begin to take shape across the Mid-Atlantic, as the first of two waves of low pressure spreads a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and rain from West Virginia to Delaware. Th […]

One of the most startling revelations of Facebook's ongoing Cambridge Analytica controversy is just how easy it was for a third-party developer to access millions of people's personal data without their knowledge — even if they hadn't downloaded the app themselves. That's because Facebook's policies prior to 2014 were much more lax t […]

Chill out, everyone. Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for Stormy Daniels, didn't just claim he had a picture of Trump's orange wang. (Sorry, allegedly orange.) SEE ALSO: Stormy Daniels is crowdfunding her lawsuit against Donald Trump because 2018 is wild A bunch of people on Twitter freaked out after this tweet went viral. Stormy’s Lawyer on MSNBC. I’l […]

The "Race to the Clouds" is on and Volkswagen is putting its all-electric I.D. R Pikes Peak prototype racing car to the test. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on June 24 in Colorado's Rocky Mountains is a 100-plus year tradition that races vehicles on a 12.4-mile route up to 14,115 feet above sea level with more than 100 turns to naviga […]

ProTip: When discussing nefarious techniques to entrap politicians and swing elections, first make sure you're not secretly being filmed. That, apparently, was a memo the CEO of Cambridge Analytica, Alexander Nix, missed. The executive was caught on film by investigators with London's Channel 4 News discussing all the ways his company can influenc […]

It's not a great time to own Facebook stock. The social media company's market valuation fell by roughly $40 billion on Monday following the revelation that the Trump-linked, U.K.-based company Cambridge Analytica harvested information from 50 million Facebook profiles without user consent. The company's stock price was down 6.8 percent by the […]

Facebook's getting rocked by yet another electioneering crisis, but we still haven't heard anything from its commander-in-chief. Mark Zuckerberg has yet to issue a public statement following revelations this weekend that a Trump-aligned data firm was able to abuse his platform to manipulate 50 million people. The Facebook CEO commands massive reach […]

You can breathe again, everyone: Daphne the duck is safe! A beloved member of the Cockburn Masters Swimming Club in Australia, the giant rubber duck was supposed to be the star of an annual ocean swimming competition, but strong winds pulled her from her post and into the Indian Ocean. She was last seen at Coogee Beach in Perth on Mar. 11, just before the s […]

Aside from the (very depressing, long drawn-out) drama between Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrell, opportunities to break out our best Sex and the City jokes are few and far between. But now, loyal HBO viewers, we have our chance: Cynthia Nixon of SATC fame announced Monday that she will run for governor of New York. Miranda 2018! SEE ALSO: 'Sex and […]